I woke up a little after 8 and played games for a while. Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast. I really wanted to get the Power Wagon body mounted to day, so after breakfast I went to the garage.
I closed the door behind me because I was running an experiment. I'd left the mosquito trap on all night long. As I started work at least one mosquito bit me. I know because I killed it before it was done. There was nothing in the trap. I call it a bust.
It took several hours to get the body mounted. I had to redo part of the rear mounts that I'd done yesterday. Then I had to position the front mounts. It took me a while to get them the right height. Positioning the magnets on the body took a really long time. Because of the body shape it wasn't easy to get them right. With a lot of care I got them perfect. The last step was to reposition the front and rear bumpers. I had to mod the front bumper mounts to get it right.
The truck looks really good. I put everything away and took it to the house. The next steps will be to add the headlights and the mirrors. The tail lights won't be here for a couple of weeks.
It was after 1 when I finished. I wanted to go somewhere, but Ellen is sick today. I decided to price out how much it would cost to build another 4WS SCX24. I priced out at $275. I'd like to build one from scratch, but that's a lot. A 2WS build wouldn't be much cheaper. The problem is more than half of an OEM vehicle has to be replaced with aftermarket parts.
That effort shot most of the afternoon and part of the evening. Ellen fixed pork chops for dinner. I switched to videos after eating.
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